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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Accordion Pocket Book for ATC's!

The fabulous Alpha Stamps has some wonderful themes this spring, one of which is "Pocket Books".
Here is one I made that will hold some favorite ATC's or maybe lovely small postcards.

I started out with the Square Accordion Chipboard Book. I cut off a couple pages because I wanted a slightly shorter book, but you can make yours any length you choose.
I
chose my papers according to what combinations pleased me to look at
when the book is fully opened and cut them to size. I glued all the
papers in front and back and set the book aside to dry.
Note: All the papers used were from the Graphic45 French Country Paper 12x12 individual sheets.

While
the book was drying, I cut out the basic pockets making sure to cut
slightly large to accommodate a glue line and an ATC and matched them to
the papers I thought they looked best on. I carefully glued them (edges
only....remember you have to leave enough space for an ATC to fit in
the pocket!) on and whilst they were drying I cut out lots of individual
flowers from the Sunflower Scrapbook Page
and glued them in sort of random pleasing spots around the book,
keeping in mind a general balance in the overall look of the book fully
opened.

And of course, I had to put something in the pockets.......
I cut out some of the images on the A La Carte Scrapbook Paper page.
They're so pretty, I might just leave them in there and make another book for ATC's!

Lovely! I would be tempted to keep as is, also. Funny, it never occurred to me to use Dresden trim in my albums. It really is perfect though, and now I have reason to buy colors I never thought I'd use. Yay!

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